"One of the guys he actually got along with well in Formula 1 and he felt he was a good option.

"I think that works well. It was okay already between Nico and Lewis, but there was the luggage of the past.

“Now it is a completely new relationship and there is no animosity.

"There will be moments where it is going to be difficult, but I think that how the personalities are for the team it's going to be a good situation and one that is maybe a bit easier to handle than the past. But I could be wrong."